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If the pen is mightier than the sword, Turkey is on her way to new victories. The entire nation is relearning its ABC's, having discarded the 482-letter combinations of the Arabic script and adopted in their stead 29 characters (including with diacritical marks) from the Latin alphabet, in use throughout the Western World. When the schools closed for vacation last spring, there was little thought that the adoption of the "New Turkish alphabet" would delay their fall opening until textbooks could be prepared, so that all instruction would be in Latin characters. But the "New Turkish," no longer a joke, has been taken so seriously that a new humorous weekly, the Khahaha the k is silent which appeared in September, was the first periodical to be printed entirely in the new characters. On December, all newspapers were compelled to appear in the new alphabet, else suspend publication. The Government had to assist some papers to buy new type. TURKEY GOES TO SCHOOL By MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS Ocak 1929